Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-26
Proclamation ioT a Special Election

Proclamation i0T Special Election
In Philipsburg township. in Philips county.
Nebraska Railway Company. 20 the qualified
voters Of Fhilips5uEg township. in Phillips conn
WHEIEAs- on the 10Th day Of lIsrch, 1897, there
Hls presented TO the Board Of County Commmis-
siuners o. saio county, iu special session dolly
nllhs OF the resident TAX payers Of said township
praying said Board on Commissioners to subu.ft
sitiou 70 subscribe 10 One Hundred ana forty
shares Of one hundred dollars eaeh Of tie capital
stock Of the Chicago, Euu-az 3 Nebraska Rail
+ way Company, ana in payment therefor TO issge
90 said railway company fourteen of the
bonds of ssid township, OF the demomina tion Of
/ one Thousand dollars each, ali on she terms and
conditions SCI forth in sai petition which De ton
emitting the signatures OF the sgners thereof, Is
I In words and figures as follows to-wlt;
PETITION.
I To the Honorable Board of County Commission
ers OF the County OF Phillips in the State Of
Kansas:
We, lie undersigned, your. petitioners, each be
ING resident tax paper OF the township OF Phil
E lpsburg- in Phillips county IN the State Of Kan
I s-s- respectfully petition your honorable body 10
suomi 70 Eie ql-llIeu ei5elois OF eAlu township
for their acceptance or rejection at special eec-
ton 70 be ordered by your honorable body, under
sas, and the act entitled IAN Act 70 enable C0uu-
( ties. Townships ana Cities 20 AID in the coustruc
Ton OF railroads, and 10 repeal secuon eight OF
chapter thlrty-uine OF the laws OF 1879, approved
I February 18th, 1875, and the amendments thereto,
me following proposition vi I'm me terms and con
J dltions herein specified to-Tlr-
Shall the said township OF PhillipsbuEg, in Phil
lips county 10 the state Of Kansas, subscribe for
one hundred aud forty shares of one hundred dol
lars each, OF the capltal stock Of The Chicago.
/ Kansas and Nebraska Railway Company, and in
] payment therefor issue TO said Railway COMPANY
fourteen Of the bonds Of said township Of the de
/ nomination Of one Thousand dollars each, or so
many thereof mot exceeding said numher) as
lars per mile tor each mile Of railroad eonstracted
/ in said township by said Railway Company said
! bonds 10 be payable the bearer at the Fiscal
Agency Of the State Of kansas, in New York city,
] IN.
at the rate OF six per cent GeF aunum interest
payable semi annually. for which Interest coupons
/ shall be attached, payable at the hEcaI agency
aforesaid; this subscription Of stock auC issue OF
l bonds being upon the following conditions. name
/ AS soon as said proposition shall be determined
In the atnrmatCe by canvass of the votes cast at
of said county of Phillips Tor and behalf of said
I township shall order the County Clerk to make,
ion III the name of said township for said hun
dEed and forty shares of the capital stock of said
I hallway Company
| And when the railroad OF said Railway Company
shall be built and completed, and shall be in opera
ton. under lease or otherwise, from the east line
of sand township TO the west line of said township,
I then said Board Of County Commissioners shall
cause such bonds, with coupons attached. aiOre-
said to be- Issued i'm the name Of said TOWNSHIP Of
/ Philipsburs and shall deliver the same to said
] Railway Company on delivery or tender 10 the
! County Treasurer Of said countv of d certificate
| Tor said shares Of the full paid capital stock of
/ said Railway Company. equal ia amount with said
! bonds, dollar for dollar.
]
pleted and in operation, tby lease or otherwse) as
I aforesaid or before the first day of February.
/ a. d. 1888; and provided further, that said com
/ pany shall build and maintain "a depot with side
/ tracks adjacent thereto in said township
/ The form Of the ballots 20 be used at said elec-
tion snali DC: or lle SUBSCRIPTION OF STOCK and
/ issue Of bonds TO The Chicago Kansas and Nebras-
/ ga Railway Company and Against Che subschp-
Kansas and Nebraska Railway Company"
] And, whereas, upon the presentation and con-
sideraton of said petition and the hearing of the
I confirmed said board found that said petition was
signed by more than two Gfths of tie resident lax
payers OF said township and that said petition was
in all respects in Que form of law and that the
l conditions therein contained were suEicient TO
protect the interests Of said township ana there
upon. duly IL sde an order granting the PRAYER of
s5id petftion and 0rEerfng mat Suecisi election
be held at the usual and established places OF VoL-
UsdIesav tbe 5ib iv Of ann i57 M h. r1,i ri.
Z whether the said township shall subscribe TO one
hundred and forty shares of the capital stock of
said Company, and is ne fourteen bonds oi the de-
nomination OF one thousand dollars each, OF said
lo"usiip 70 sil company -n pay -lent L--elelor, on
the terms and conditions ont in said UcLi- ion.
anu IL vac luttlet o.-e.eu by sara board llat in
said election cast theix ballots in favor said pro-
CsiLgu and vote TO subscribe said one hundred and
LoLLs HA4Ft7 OF sara capital rtotlr ana 20 issue said
fourteen bonds ia payment therefor then the Conn
IS Clerk of said county shall forthwith. for and
DeLalL o. ana III t4e name or sald township sun
scribe 20 one hundred and forty shares OF the cap
I ltal stock OF said company: and il was by said
/ Boa-d iurther ordered tt,t II said Railway Com
paty shall fully comply with the conditions of said
/ subscription Uueu the chairman of said Board and
the County Clerk Of said county snail duly issue TO
said company said bonds of said township in the
sum, and 70 the tenor and effect in said petition
/ stated.
/ And it was by said Board further ordered that
the baiCts 70 be used aL such election should be in
the form designated ia said petition; and that the
I sheriff OF said county dEiF make and issue his
I proclamation Tor the holding OF such special eGc-
ton in said township said date and places des-
I lgnated, and that said sheriff give due Eud legal
uu-ice OF SAID election Tor thirty days provided
| by law, and in SAID proclamation give the SUD
stance of said order; said notice To be published
] ia Tie PlalIpsDurg HERALD o weekly newspaper
] printed and published IN the city OF PhiiIipslurg
IN the county of Phillips and in general cireula-
! ton in said PEillipsburg township ana Phillips
! county.
/ And IL was by said board further ordered that
said election be held and returns made and the re
suit ascertaIusd and declared in all respects, as
! provided by law.
( Now Therefore, ], C. NJ. Mcguire sheriff Of the
Z authority in me by law vested aud in pursuance
of the above reCted order of said Board Of County
] Commissioners. do hereby make public pF1ciama-
ton, ana give notice, that O special electiLn viii
be held in said township ut the usual and establish
/ ed places of voting in each voting pre-
day OF April A. D., 1887 to determine
. whether said township shall make such sub
J scripu0u OF stock and shall Issue in payment
] therefor the bonds of said township on the terms
! and conditions set out in said petition, and such
election SHALL In all respects, be conducted aud
I returns made. and result ascerIaiued and de-ur-
/ ed, in the manner provided by law for general
| elections
In Witness Whereof, 7, C. n. Mcclure, sheriff
of Phillips county, state Of [aus Is, We heruuutO
/ set my hand at tne city OF Philipsburg this 10th
/ day Of March a. ID. 1887.